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Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult. | Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult. | ||
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==Cultivation== | |||
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> | |||
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Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
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photo 1
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photo 2
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photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)